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Where does “swetyas” come from?

swetyas (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European s(e)we-, from Proto-Indo-European se- — one's own.

Ancestry of “swetyas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeans(e)we-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanse-one's own

Words derived from “swetyas”

  • svešatne
  • svešvārds
  • svešums
  • svešāds
  • svešinieks
  • svešs
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